Myxomycete-plasmodium(class)

2 A slime mould at Tennent, ACT

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Identification history

	Myxomycete-plasmodium(class)	28 Nov 2018	Heino1
	Unidentified	27 Nov 2018	JohnBundock

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Heino1 wrote:

28 Nov 2018

I think that this is a slime mould (or myxomycete) and despite the occurrence of the word ‘mould’ it is not a fungus. Your photo would show it in transition from the soft, mobile (and somewhat amoeba-like) feeding stage (or plasmodium) and the dry, powdery sporing state. This might be in the genus Tubulifera, since (1) the mobile stage is a bright red shade and (2) your photo suggests the final development will be into a single, mounded form (rather than a split into numerous small, separate spore capsules). If you wish to search for more information, check also under an older name for this genus: Tubifera. It’s the one such red-plasmodium genus that I’ve seen in the ACT but from the photo I can’t guarantee the genus.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.980355 -35.570205
Altitude 1082.9m
Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Tennent, ACT

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4 Abundance
27 Nov 2018 09:54 AM Recorded on
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Myxomycete-plasmodium(class) Scientific name
A slime mould Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1248m Recorded at altitude
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